ICAC Executive Brochure · 2026
The Firm
Areas of Practice
Executive Education Program
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Evictions. Collections. Fair Housing. Real Estate & Business Law.
What we heard from ICAC's, and how we've shaped this scope in response.
Attorney-led seminars on ICAC-selected topics, designed for in-house counsel. Portfolio-specific sessions with supporting materials and resources.
Supplemental resources bundled with each seminar: articles, white papers, trade association recommendations, and subscription guidance to keep the team current.
Trusted referral partners for practice areas outside KTS's scope, organized by specialty.
BREG transactional services, Fair Housing and ADA defense, statewide litigation support, and collections. Available when ICAC is ready.
If we've missed something or misunderstood a priority, we'd welcome the correction.
As thought leaders in the world of real estate law, Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP is equipped to provide the finest legal services to our clients. Our team's expertise is shaped by a unique combination of experiences, and many of our attorneys are property managers themselves. We are dedicated to providing counsel that reflects an in-depth understanding of the intricacies of landlord/tenant, business, and real estate law.
At KTS, we are committed to staying involved. By taking an active part in local and state legislative matters and participating in many real estate organizations, we are always on the pulse of the ever-changing world of real estate law.
To deliver high-quality, cost-effective legal representation to owners and managers of real estate through an unwavering commitment to our core
values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, and Excellence.
In nearly 50 years, KTS has never represented a tenant. Every attorney, every resource, every strategy is built for one side of the table: yours.
115 attorneys across six offices. No firm in California matches our depth, reach, and singular focus.
Many of our attorneys are property managers themselves. We understand portfolio operations because we live them.
We don't wait for problems. Educated, well-prepared clients face fewer challenges and achieve better outcomes when they do.
Honored by commercial and residential organizations; certified women-owned. Active leadership roles in state and local legislative work.
KTS represents many of the largest landlords and property management companies in California and across the nation.
Every ICAC property in California is within reach of a KTS office.
7676 Hazard Center Dr, Ste 900
San Diego, CA 92108
800-338-6039
2040 Main St, Ste 500
Irvine, CA 92614
800-564-6611
915 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1650
Los Angeles, CA 90017
800-577-4587
2300 Clayton Rd, Ste 1350
Concord, CA 94520
800-525-1690
9401 E Stockton Blvd, Ste 140
Elk Grove, CA 95624
800-525-1690
2440 W Shaw Ave, Ste 108
Fresno, CA 93711
800-525-1690
KTS runs one of California's largest landlord-side legal education programs. 200+ seminars and webinars annually. We tailor modules to every level of a property-management organization.
In-house counsel and senior leadership. Substantive, portfolio-specific sessions. Detailed in the next section of this deck.
Resident-manager license agreements, escalation triggers, documentation habits, and safety-liability fundamentals.
Application screening, fair housing basics, fee disclosure, and lease-signing process for front-line staff.
Entry procedures, habitability triggers, documentation of repair requests, and safe-site habits for technicians.
End-to-end landlord-tenant counsel and litigation, the core of the KTS practice. 5,000+ evictions handled every month across California.
Unlawful detainers, habitability defense, lease disputes, post-foreclosure evictions, manufactured-home proceedings.
Dedicated case managers, client portal, YARDI integration, and weekly status reporting on every matter.
Notice strategy, pre-litigation workouts, documentation review to keep matters out of court when possible.
Current on every California local ordinance. Counsel on AB 1482, LA RSO, SF Rent Board, Oakland, and emerging rules.
This is the lifecycle of an unlawful detainer case. While, not every case moves through all six stages, this is the framework your case follows, from first call to final resolution.
The client submits a case via the website, YARDI, or phone. A dedicated Case Manager is assigned as a single point of contact.
If the matter is unresolved, the unlawful detainer action is filed with the court.
If the case is contested, a Trial Attorney is assigned to handle motions, discovery, trial preparation, and courtroom representation.
Your Intake Attorney reviews the documents, provides counsel, and prepares and serves the appropriate notices.
Your Case Manager provides weekly status reports, fee updates, process service information, and client coordination through the portal.
The case concludes with a judgment, lockout coordination, and post-judgment collection as needed.
Judgment and non-judgment collections for landlords and property managers. Because KTS is a law firm (not a collection agency), we can use enforcement tools collection agencies legally cannot.
Till taps, asset searches, bank levies, and wage garnishments. Standard collection agencies cannot obtain or enforce these. We can.
Judgment debtor examinations, writs of execution, keeper levies, real-property liens. Full-service collection on your judgments.
Skip-tracing, demand letters, negotiated resolutions, referral to litigation when recovery requires a judgment.
$270M+ recovered for KTS clients. Contingency-based fee structures available on most collection matters.
KTS defends more California fair housing complaints than any other firm. A dedicated Fair Housing Practice Group handling administrative investigations, ADA claims, and civil rights litigation statewide.
DFEH, HUD, and local agency investigations and administrative hearings. Disposition strategy from first contact through close.
State and federal court defense, including Ninth Circuit appeals. Construction-defect ADA claims a particular area of focus.
Real-time advice on reasonable accommodation requests, assistive-animal policies, and modification documentation.
Deepest fair housing defense bench in California. Thought leadership on emerging federal and state enforcement trends.
KTS represents employers (and property-management employers in particular) on the full range of employment matters. Counsel tuned to the realities of on-site staff and residential operations.
Handbooks, harassment training (Gov. Code § 12950.1 compliant), wage-and-hour audits, and leave-law counseling.
DFEH and EEOC charge defense, single-plaintiff litigation, and pre-litigation investigations.
License-agreement review, compensation structure counseling, and dispute resolution specific to residential on-site staff.
Aggressive early-defense strategies. Recent sexual-harassment matter settled at 0.03% of plaintiff's opening demand.
The Business Real Estate Group (BREG) maintains California's most-used residential lease forms and advises on every document in the leasing lifecycle. Whitney Heys currently authors the KTS Residential Lease Agreement.
Residential master leases, corporate leases, guaranties, assignments, and amendments, drafted and maintained by practicing BREG attorneys.
80+ addenda and ancillary forms covering pets, parking, utilities, storage, recording consent, electric vehicles, short-term rentals, and more.
Change-of-ownership, entry, rent-increase, and other California-code-compliant notices reviewed and revised as law changes.
Forms reviewed and updated annually, and whenever new legislation or case law requires, to keep ICAC's documentation current.
Structured audits of ICAC's DRE-regulated property management activities. Identify, document, and remediate compliance gaps before they become regulatory matters, delivered on ICAC's timeline.
Review of trust-fund handling, commingling risk, reconciliation procedures, and DRE record-keeping requirements.
Written-supervision policies, responsible-broker obligations, and DRE-mandated training and oversight documentation.
Documented audit of leasing, application, fee, and deposit procedures against current DRE and statutory standards.
Prioritized findings with clear action items, draft policy revisions, and timelines ICAC can execute against.
High-leverage consultation on the compliance topics that most often drive risk or resident disputes. Targeted opinion letters, policy drafting, and one-off advisory work.
Ratio Utility Billing System programs, submetering, California Public Utilities Code compliance. Lan Fullerton is our resident expert.
Late fees, application fees, processing fees, SB 478 hidden-fee compliance, a class-action-hot area. Opinion-letter support available.
Renter's insurance programs, security-deposit alternatives (surety bonds), insurance-requirement addenda, liability review.
Pet, smoke-free, balcony, pool/spa, EV charging, home-based business, corporate lease, guest-suite, drafted or reviewed to ICAC specifications.
A deep, bespoke seminar on mold-claim handling for California residential portfolios, from first complaint through remediation, documentation, and litigation posture.
WHAT WE'LL COVER
Bespoke session developed specifically for ICAC. Suggested 2-hour live format + written reference guide.
A hybrid employment-law and property-operations session. Covers resident-manager license agreements, compensation structure, and supervisory issues for on-site staff.
WHAT WE'LL COVER
Adapted from existing KTS seminar. Includes review of ICAC's current resident-manager license agreements.
A focused session on the class-action-hot landscape of ancillary fees in California residential leasing. Late fees, processing fees, application fees, and SB 478.
WHAT WE'LL COVER
Bespoke session developed specifically for ICAC. Addresses a noted Danielle Katzir priority area.
A complete session on handling the death of a resident: legal obligations, operational steps, documentation, and risk management. Paired with the KTS forms package.
WHAT WE'LL COVER
Combination session + forms package. Forms offered at the 20% BREG-rate discount.
A focused legal session on the fair housing topics most likely to generate ICAC complaints and agency charges: disability accommodations, assistive animals, and reasonable modifications.
WHAT WE'LL COVER
Adapted from existing KTS fair-housing seminar materials. Includes customized forms review.
The attorneys who deliver ICAC's executive seminars. Each bio ends with the seminars that instructor is qualified to lead.
Partner, Business Real Estate Group · Los Angeles
Brittany brings extensive expertise in employment law, contract disputes, residential and commercial landlord-tenant matters, and Los Angeles rent-control regulation. Prior to KTS, she was an employment-law consultant, handled labor negotiations with major unions, and managed consumer arbitrations. J.D., Whittier Law School; B.S., International Business, University of La Verne. Previously worked directly with Megan Bierle and the ICAC legal team.
SEMINARS INCLUDE
Mold Claims (bespoke)
On-Site Managers Best Practices & Resident Manager Agreements
Employment law advisory for on-site staff
Partner, Business Real Estate Group · San Diego
Current author of the KTS Residential Lease Agreement. Extensive expertise in transactional matters including lease review for California and federal compliance, addenda drafting, and case-resolution negotiation. Represents owners, landlords, and property managers in unlawful detainer litigation. J.D., California Western School of Law; B.S., Justice Studies and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University.
SEMINARS INCLUDE
"Junk" Fees, Late Fees & Class Action Exposure
Residential lease and forms audits
Any topic on the BREG Residential Transactional catalog
Partner, Business Real Estate Group · San Diego
Practice focused on estate planning, trust administration, and probate matters, alongside real property and business transactions. Expertise in commercial unlawful detainer cases. Holds a California real estate broker license. J.D., California Western School of Law; B.A., Legal Studies, UC Berkeley. Developed and maintains the KTS Death-of-a-Tenant forms package.
SEMINARS INCLUDE
Death of a Tenant (with forms package)
Landlord/Tenant Education (Commercial and Residential)
Commercial lease review
Senior Attorney, Business Real Estate Group · San Diego
Extensive experience in administrative law, with successful practice in state and federal trial courts and appellate courts. Specializes in defending civil-rights matters, fair housing claims, and ADA cases, offering detailed analysis and strategies for successful defense or resolution. Admitted in California, U.S. District Court (SD/CD California), the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
SEMINARS INCLUDE
Fair Housing: Disability Accommodations, Service Animals, Modification Requests
ADA Defense fundamentals
Administrative agency practice (DFEH, HUD)
Partner, Landlord-Tenant · Irvine
Focuses on landlord-tenant law with particular expertise in fair housing and affordable housing matters. Leads business development and client relations for Orange County and the Inland Empire. J.D., Chapman Law School (certification in Environmental Land Use and Real Estate Law). Trains property management organizations across the state on commercial and residential landlord-tenant law.
SEMINARS INCLUDE
Fair Housing Topics (alternate lead)
"Junk" Fees & Late Fees (alternate)
Landlord/Tenant Education (Residential & Commercial)
Rent Control, AB 1482, and local-ordinance updates
Managing Partner, Fair Housing Practice Group · Concord
Managing Partner of the Fair Housing Practice Group. Specializes in fair housing matters and provides education on landlord/tenant and fair housing law. Admitted to the California Bar in 2002 and the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California in 2009. J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law (cum laude); B.A., Political Science, UC Davis.
SEMINARS INCLUDE
Fair Housing Topics (alternate lead)
Fair Housing Consultation
Landlord/Tenant Education (Residential), Northern California
Knowledge management is ongoing. KTS keeps ICAC's team current long after initial seminars through publications, alerts, and industry connections.
Residential Landlord/Tenant Preventive Law Handbook, Commercial Property Handbook, Fair Housing Encyclopedia, and California legal resources. Updated annually.
Legal alerts on new legislation and significant case developments. Monthly Q&A webinars on the most recent landlord-tenant and fair housing topics.
We recommend joining the mailing lists of these apartment and housing associations to stay current on legislation, compliance, and industry trends:
Pricing reflects ICAC's existing BREG preferred-rate structure: 20% off KTS standard rates; effective $352.35–$465.75/hour.
À La Carte
Late Fees, Death of a Tenant, On-Site Manager License Agreement. Flat-fee, delivered at 20% off standard pricing.
On-Site Managers Best Practices, Fair Housing topics. Minor customization. Billed hourly at $352–$466/hr.
Mold Claims, Junk Fees, Death of a Tenant. Includes development + delivery. Scope-based estimate before start.
Seminar Bundles
All five executive seminars + forms packages where applicable. Proposed: additional 10–15% discount off individual rates.
Select any three of five. Proposed: 5–10% discount off individual rates.
Complimentary annual legal update + one refresh session. Included for active ICAC engagements.
Final pricing confirmed with KTS Managing Partners before delivery to ICAC.
No single firm covers everything. For matters outside our scope, KTS maintains a curated network of trusted firms across specialized practice areas, built through nearly five decades of professional relationships.
KTS is happy to make direct introductions to any of these firms.
Comprehensive review of ICAC's selected forms, notices, and policies. Written findings, prioritized recommendations, and agreed revisions. Readout meeting with legal team.
Customized attorney-led sessions for the ICAC legal team. Presentation materials, Q&A, resource recommendations, and certificates of completion where applicable.
Eviction, litigation, and portfolio support at preferred rates: 20% reduction from KTS standard rates, consistent with ICAC's existing BREG arrangement (effective $352.35–$465.75/hour). Annual Legal Update session complimentary for active clients. Additional training modules on request. Dedicated Client Relations contact.
Every ICAC matter is assigned a dedicated team. Case Manager: day-to-day liaison, status, fees. Intake Attorney: notice prep and filing. Trial Attorneys: motions, discovery, representation.
If your assigned representative or attorney is unavailable, any of our team members will be happy to assist you.
For matters outside Landlord-Tenant work, ICAC has direct access to these department leads.
A dedicated department that supports ICAC across every KTS practice area. Your first call for anything: our Client Relations team ensures your needs are met, connects you with the right specialist, and keeps the process seamless.
If your regional Director is unavailable, any Client Relations team member will be happy to assist. You can also reach Kelly Johnson directly.
For nearly 50 years, KTS has helped California property owners and managers protect their investments, stay compliant, and resolve disputes.
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